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But it is obvious that there are m a n y such peacemakers among the liberal 
and radical b o u r g e o i s i e of all countries. Add to this (1) that 
all chauvinists too are for peace (only o n  w h a t  c o n d i t i o n s)— 
and the censored press will not allow us to speak of our conditions!! 
(2) that the G e r m a n and R u s s i a n courts too (secretly today, 
semi-openly tomorrow) are for a separate peace with each other; (3) that all 
sentimental bourgeois and philistines are "for peace" from the perspective 
of the "counter-revolutionary," philistine, servile, etc. point of view.
The question arises: objectively, whose interests does the slogan of peace 
now serve?
In any case, n o t the propaganda of the ideas of r e v o l u t i o n a r y 
proletariat! Not the idea of using war to accelerate the collapse of capitalism!
Add to this the victory of opportunists - chauvinists in almost all 
countries: only these people will the slogan of peace h e l p  t o  e x t r i 
c a t e  themselves!

[Postscript by N. K. Krupskaya.]

I send greetings and will add the following: notice has come from 
Chr[istiania] that the bank there did not receive any 3 thous[and] and 
that they have no possibility of contacting the Russian bank now. 
The money, 
then, must be demanded back. Please inform 
the sender about this 6).

And where are the promised correspond[ences] for L? 34? I am very 
pleased that you liked No. 33. Did you receive the complete set of "Voices," 
which I asked to be sent to you from Paris 
(the set) to the address 
of Br[anting]. 
Did you receive the other two packages with the "Central 
O[rgan]"?

1) Branting—leader of Swedish social-democracy—opportunist-defensist, one of the first socialist ministers in a bourgeois government.

2) Which article is being referred to could not be established.

3) "The Left"—the nascent group "Spartacus"—of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg.

4) This concerns a loan of 3,000 crowns received by the R.-S.D.R.P. from the Swedish party during the London (V) Congress of our party in 1907.

5) E. Bernstein. "Der englische Radikalismus und der Krieg". "Neue Zeit" 13/XI. 1914. No. 6. V. I.

6) This concerns money sent by comrade G. P. Petrovskii, deputy of the IV State Duma, for the foreign department of the C. C. from Russia.

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6.

Dear friend!

Yesterday evening we read about the arrest of 11 p[eople] (i n c l u d i n g 
m[embers] of the R u s s i a n S o c i a l - D e m o c r a t i c L a b o r 
F r a c t i o n *) near Piter, and today we sent a telegram to Bran- 
ting asking you to clarify (le cas échéant 2) through the F i n n s) 
whether members of the R u s s i a n S o c i a l - D e m o c r a t i c 
L a b o r F r a c t i o n have been taken, arrested.

That would be a disaster, if so!

But all the more impermissible will your departure to Denmark be. I firmly 
protest against such a move. It is precisely now that you must yourself 
be in Stockholm to establish connections in a more correct, frequent, 
and extensive manner. This is difficult work, requiring an experienced 
person who knows at least one foreign language. I t  i s  i m p o s s i b l e 
to leave this to "just anyone."

If you are being harassed (by police) in Stockholm, you must hide 
in a village outside Stockholm (it is easy there, they have telephones 
everywhere). I think Kol[lontai] could also easily come soon to Stockholm 
or to a place near the city.

We are publishing No. 34 shortly, and then also No. 35 of the Central 
O[rgan].

Answer soon. We receive all letters from you. The document 3) 
of the liquidat[ionists] (their reply to V[andervelde]) we also received. Thank you.

Warmly pressing your hand and awaiting news.

Your Len[in].

To A. Shlyapnikov.

25/XI [1914].